When Rahul Gandhi`s brother-in-law Robert Vadra met Gautam Adani!

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The Congress, which has repeatedly targeted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his alleged links with Adani group chairman Gautam Adani, has landed in yet another controversy in the midst of General Elections. A picture of Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, meeting with none other than Gautam Adani, the billionaire infrastructure-builder has come to light, which was published by a newspaper in Gujarat. The meeting dates back to June 01, 2009 when Vadra had gone to Mundra in Kutch district of Gujarat to have a look at the projects undertaken by the Adani group. Vadra had reached Kutch by the private aircraft of Adani. Notably, Congress accuses Modi of having close ties with Adani. The Gujarat CM has often been targeted by the Congress for travelling in jets rented by Adani. In a bid to corner itself over the issue, Congress said it has no information about any such meeting between Vadra and Adani. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman sought a response from Congress on this. Talking exclusively to Zee Media, Congress Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhury tried to water down the issue, saying the party did not know anything about the meeting. Vadra meets a lot of businessmen, Chowdhury said, adding it was wrong to give political colour to the issue. Meanwhile, senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, on microblogging website Twitter, said:

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On Friday, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP`s prime ministerial candidate over his alleged links with Adani business group headquartered in Ahmedabad, saying Modi has cornered veteran BJP leaders and given more space to his big-business backers. Addressing an election rally in Doda in Jammu region, Gandhi said the Adani group was "given everything" whereas senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders LK Advani and Jaswant Singh were "thrown out".